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Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, November 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 12, 2024, 10:09 am
Trump expected to name pro-Israel Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state
Despite isolationist bent, US president-elect also said to tap Florida congressman Michael Waltz as national security adviser, rounding out emergent hawkish foreign policy team
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York on September 21, 2023 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
November 30, 2023, 1:37 pm
Israeli officials laud Kissinger, as global public reaction mixed to diplomat’s death
Netanyahu praises ‘great statesman, scholar and friend,’ as Chinese, German leaders pay tribute to former US secretary of state, while others remember him instead as a war criminal
By ToI Staff and AP
President Joe Biden, left, former president Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, during the funeral service for former secretary of state Madeleine Albright at the Washington National Cathedral, April 27, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
April 27, 2022, 11:08 pm
World leaders pay final respects to trailblazing diplomat Madeleine Albright
Former secretary of state, who died at 84 last month, remembered at Washington funeral ceremony by president as a ‘truly proud American who made all of us prouder to be American’
By Matthew Lee and AAMER MADHANI
Then-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, center, gets a briefing on the situation around the border between two Koreas during her visit to guard post Ouelletle in the border village of the Panmunjom, north of Seoul, Feb. 22, 1997. (AP Photo)
March 24, 2022, 7:43 am
Madeleine Albright, the trailblazer who fled Nazis to climb to summit of diplomacy
Daughter of a Jewish family that converted to Roman Catholicism, first woman to be US Secretary of State believed in the power of statecraft, but use of military force when needed
By Matthew Lee
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses a press conference at Katunayake Military Airport in Colombo, January 7, 2005. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP)
October 18, 2021, 4:31 pm
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of COVID at 84
US war hero’s family says he was fully vaccinated, but succumbed to complications of COVID-19
By Frankie TAGGART
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa, March 26, 2021. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
May 25, 2021, 1:27 pm
Pompeo reportedly planning trip to Israel on heels of successor Blinken
Former US secretary of state and likely 2024 Republican presidential candidate says he’s planning private trip to mark retirement of Mossad chief
By ToI Staff
Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Edelman-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)
January 26, 2021, 11:05 pm
Blinken confirmed as US secretary of state; vowed to consult with Israel on Iran
Senate overwhelmingly backs Biden’s nominee, week after hearing in which he said US commitment to Israel’s security is ‘sacrosanct,’ backed two-state solution
By AP and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 19, 2021. (Alex Edelman/Pool via AP)
January 20, 2021, 1:49 am
Biden’s State pick: We’ll consult with Israel, allies before return to Iran deal
Tony Blinken says in confirmation hearing that US commitment to Israel’s security is ‘sacrosanct,’ backs two-state solution but doubts it will happen in near future
By Jacob Magid
Then-US president Bill Clinton and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, February 13, 1997. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
December 16, 2020, 12:16 pm
A Netanyahu aide in 1998 gave Tony Blinken bad Hanukkah joke tips, memo reveals
‘Better say Hanukkah gelt’: Newly released document shows Biden’s secretary of state pick ignored humor advice meant for his boss at the time, Bill Clinton – for the better
By Ron Kampeas
Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, June 30, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
November 24, 2020, 5:17 am
In tapping Blinken, Biden will be served by confidant with deep Jewish roots
US secretary of state nominee’s work with president-elect spans decades, and while the two sparred with Israel over Iran, they remain guided by fundamental support for Jewish state
By Jacob Magid
US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 29, 2016, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
November 23, 2020, 3:59 am
Biden tipped to name Tony Blinken as secretary of state
Report says long-time foreign adviser, who is Jewish, to be named top US diplomat Tuesday, as president-elect continues to flesh out cabinet despite Trump effort to impede process
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative: Palestinians clash with IDF soldiers in the West Bank city of Jenin, January 18, 2018. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
November 26, 2019, 6:14 am
IDF to boost forces, but aiming to avoid conflict, on Palestinian ‘day of rage’
Palestinians plan mass protests Tuesday across West Bank and Gaza Strip against new US settlements policy
By ToI Staff
Palestinian demonstrators carry banners and national flags during a protest against the US-sponsored Middle East economic conference that opened in Bahrain, in the West Bank city of Nablus on June 25, 2019. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
November 25, 2019, 3:00 pm
Palestinians gear up for ‘day of rage’ Tuesday against US settlements policy
PLO official says demonstrations will include marches through city centers and speeches by leaders of Palestinian factions
By Adam Rasgon
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, is greeted by Saudi's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, center, in Riyadh on January 13, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/pool photo via AP)
January 14, 2019, 10:54 am
Yemen, Iran, Khashoggi murder top Pompeo’s talks in Saudi Arabia
US secretary of state urges a diplomatic solution to Yemeni civil war, calls for those responsible for killing Washington Post journalist be held responsible
By Matthew Lee
Zach Wen, 34, co-founder of Harmony Nasi Lemak, poses in front of an advertisement showing cartoon caricatures of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, supposedly the inspiration behind a local dish, the "Trump-Kim Chi Nasi Lemak," in Singapore, on June 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
June 12, 2018, 3:36 pm
US triggers sniggers by describing Singapore as part of Malaysia
State Department ridiculed for posting transcript of US secretary of state’s press briefing at a hotel in ‘Singapore, Malaysia’
By AFP
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